Praise for the Second Edition
“ …one of the most interestingly organized books about public health I have ever seen. The chapter structure is more inquisitive or intellectual and less about rote memorization. … a welcome surprise in a large field of materials.”
—Patricia Wren, Oakland University
As public health concerns and controversies have continued to evolve, the new Third Edition of this best-selling text offers new and updated discussions of current topics, recent events, and the most up-to-date data to illustrate the key issues that affect the public’s health.
Key Features:
- The author uses a reader-friendly, narrative style making the text engaging and accessible to a broad range of students.
- The text illustrates the multidisciplinary nature of public health and the complex ethical and political issues central to it.
- It includes discussions of epidemiological investigation, biomedical research, environmental assessment, analyses of individual and group behavior, massive data collection efforts, and policy developments.
New to the Third Edition:
New or expanded sections covering:
- Pandemic Flu
- Response to Hurricane Katrina
- FDA Regulation of Tobacco
- Promoting Physical Activity
- Poisoning (now the #2 cause of injury death)
- Nonfatal Traumatic Brain Injuries
- National Children’s Study
- Coal Ash and other unregulated waste from power plants
- Medical errors
- Information Technology
New information/discussion on:
- H1N1 swine flu
- Conflicts of interest in drug trials
- Problems in planning for the 2010 census
- Genomic medicine
- Cell phones/texting while driving
- National birth defects prevention study
- The new HPV vaccine controversy
- Lead paint in toys imported from china
- Bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates
- The recent Salmonella outbreak in Peanut Butter
- Contaminated drug imports from China
- Managed care efforts to control medical costs
- Evaluation of Healthy People 2010 and planning for Healthy People 2020
New examples including:
- Andrew Speaker/Extremely Drug Resistant (XDR) Tuberculosis
- Football players and increased risk for dementia later in life
